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Gcore vs Google Cloud

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What's good about...

Gcore logo Gcore

  • Competitive pricing with pay-as-you-go model
  • Over 210 global PoPs across six continents
  • Free DDoS protection, WAF, and egress traffic
  • Offers NVIDIA GPUs such as A100, H100, and L40S

Google Cloud logo Google Cloud

  • Extensive range of managed services with a focus on big data and machine learning
  • BigQuery and Google Kubernetes Engine are widely considered industry-leading solutions
  • 40+ data centers around the world

Price comparison

How do Gcore's prices compare against Google Cloud?

VM Small

Gcore Gcore
$17.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g1-standard-1-2)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)

VM Medium

Gcore Gcore
$70.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g1-standard-4-8)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)

VM Large

Gcore Gcore
$141.11 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g1-standard-8-16)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)

Block Storage

Gcore Gcore
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$4.10 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Gcore Gcore
$47.25 / mo 1 TB, 250k write requests
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$24.93 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Gcore Gcore
$17.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$29.44 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Gcore Gcore
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Gcore Gcore
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)

Serverless 25M Executions

Gcore Gcore
$7.65 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Gcore Gcore
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
Depends on service

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Gcore Gcore
Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Gcore Gcore
Google Cloud Google Cloud
H100 $2.63 $14.19 H200 $3.17 $10.44 A100 $1.47 $3.48

Billing Options

Gcore Gcore
On-DemandCustom
Google Cloud Google Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)

Available Models

Gcore offers 6 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10.

Gcore Gcore
H100(1) A100(1) H200(1) L40S(1) B300(1) GB300(1)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
H100(24) A100(36) RTX PRO 6000(16) H200(4) B200(4) V100(48) L4(32) T4(48) P100(36) P4(36)

Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Gcore and Google Cloud offer:

Service Gcore Google Cloud
Analytics
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Python Notebooks
Realtime Databases
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Gcore Gcore
gcore.com
Google Cloud Google Cloud
cloud.google.com
Headquarters
Gcore Gcore
Luxembourg LU flag
Google Cloud Google Cloud
United States of America US flag
Founded
Gcore Gcore
2014
Google Cloud Google Cloud
2008
Data Center Locations
Gcore Gcore
53
Google Cloud Google Cloud
40
Example Customers
Gcore Gcore
Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast
Google Cloud Google Cloud
PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank

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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Aug. 21, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Aug. 31, 2026.